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At Bank of America, we're committed to helping grow local economies and strengthen the communities we serve. By combining local support and expertise with our national reach, we're connecting customers and communities across the country to the resources they need to thrive.

Every day is a new opportunity to help make life better right here in Dallas.

Whether it’s helping local businesses like TopGolf grow and prosper, supporting nonprofits like North Texas Food Bank as they fulfill their mission or helping neighborhoods like Oak Cliff become vibrant communities.

If there’s a way to help the people of Dallas thrive and succeed, we'll find it.

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BANK OF AMERICARTP- Dallas Top Golf- As Produced Transcript

SUPER: Robert Dodson, General Manager, Top Golf

Robert Dodson: When somebody first comes into Top Golf, their jaw kind of hits the floor, because there’s nothing out there that any other golf course offers.

Lindsey Elliot: Event Sales, Top Golf

Lindsey Elliot: We explain it as here as darts, golf and bowling all in one. You’re in bays, which is kind of like bowling lanes, and you take turns trying to hit the ball into big targets.

SUPER: Randy Starr, Chief Development Officer, Top Golf

Randy Starr: And we have full-service food and beverage facilities to your hitting bay. Comfortable lounge-style seating. It’s like one big party.

SUPER: Mr. Lee, customerV/O(Mr. Lee:) Everybody doesn’t have to play golf, they can watch television. The food’s great. It’s just a good, real good place, to kick back and relax and have family time or just watch the game, and practice on my swing at the same time. So it’s, you know it’s like the ultimate man-cave for me.

Randy Starr: So when you come to a bay, you swipe your card, you can then decide which game you want to play. The most common game is called ‘Top Golf’. Once you’re all set up in the game screen, you wave your club that signals that it’s time for a ball to be dispensed. A ball is then released from inside the dispenser, and it’s read by an I.D. ball-scanner that scans your ball, and the game begins.

V/O(Randy Starr:) Bank of America, was there for us, when we were still a fledgling concept, in need of support. What surprised us is that they were willing, when other banks weren’t, to take a little bit of a risk, a little bit of a leap of faith on this new concept called Top Golf. You know three years ago, we weren’t expecting Bank of America to be the one to actually take that leap of faith and we’re really glad they did.

V/O(Randy Starr:) We’re expanding nationally. We want to be in the Northeast. People everywhere want a unique form of entertainment and people are always looking for a reason to get into the sport of golf.

Randy Starr: A lot of landlords are now looking to us as a unique anchor tenant. Because we bring that valuable demographic. And we’re patented. No one else can do what we’re doing. We’re really on the path to success here for this concept. And it’s starting right now.

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BANK OF AMERICA RTP- Dallas- North Texas Food Bank- As Produced Video Transcript

SUPER: Jan Pruitt, President/CEO, North Texas Food Bank

Jan Pruitt: I sit across the desk every day and see men cry, and women cry, because they didn’t have enough resources to feed their kids.

SUPER: Craig Panza, CEO, Voice of Hope Youth Ministry

Craig Panza: It shouldn’t be that a family has to wonder where their next meal is coming from. It shouldn’t be that kids go hungry, you know. Especially in a country that has access to resources.

Jan Pruitt: We’re still struggling with accepting the fact that there are forty-nine million Americans that are food-insecure. And the fact that it’s a child or it’s a senior or it’s a family that one or two people in the household works. This is our country’s, I think, biggest challenge.

Craig Panza: The census said that West Dallas, is the eleventh poorest community in the entire nation.

Jan Pruitt: One in four children are unsure of where their next meal will come from. The North Texas Food Bank has eleven different distribution-type programs. Whether it is a mobile pantry, or our community kitchen. There are also Kids Café sites. And so if there are children for a mentoring or tutoring program, we supply a hot meal for that program.

Craig Panza: Voice of Hope is serving more than 200 students on a daily basis, Monday through Friday. Without the North Texas Food Bank that would absolutely not be possible. They are the source for easily ninety percent of our food.

Richard Holt: The North Texas Food Bank is one of the best organizations in the North Texas area. It’s been around for thirty years. And they serve roughly ninety thousand meals a day. Still a lot of growth because the need, is probably three times that.

Jan Pruitt: Well Bank of America’s a good example of that corporate citizenship that comes to the table. Their resources, sometimes is money. And we always like that. It’s also volunteers.

We’re out here constantly. I mean, today is just another day. I’ve been out here and we’ve had close to two hundred volunteers at one point.

SUPER: Rolando Richards, Volunteer

Rolando Richards: Being a volunteer for something like this is tremendous for me. You know, it’s emotional for me as well. Cause when you look around you realize this is growing to a significant magnitude.

Jan Pruitt: We look at companies like Bank of America as being able to bring us best practices. Bring us volunteers and bring us resources. Bank of America brought all three of those components through the Neighborhood Builder’s Award.

We’re involved in the community from the very top to the very bottom.

Jan Pruitt: I look in the faces on the kids that we serve and I see such hope. Because these are kids, that if we can keep them adequately fed and get them through school, these kids can be anything in our country.

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(V/O) Brian Greene: If today is a typical day in the Greater Houston area, about fifty-three thousand people will go hungry, and about thirty-six hundred of them, children. Houston Food Bank’s role in the community is leading the fight against hunger.

SUPER: Brian Greene, President/CEO, Houston Food Bank

Brian Greene: When you walk into any supermarket you see just, huge selection of everything looking perfect. Well in order to make it like that, we also have an incredible amount of waste. What we try and do is capture those products that are perfectly good, and then redistribute it out through our network of over five hundred charities. Most of the programs we serve our pantries that provide food boxes for families in need. We also specifically target children, as well as seniors.

Jeremy Evans: These meals are going out to meals on wheels for the elderly. Everything that you see here is made from the food bank.

SUPER: Nicholas Lopez, Volunteer, Houston Food Bank

Nicholas Lopez: Volunteering is essentially The Houston Food Bank. We would not be able to run without the amazing volunteers that we have here.

(V/O) Brian Greene: We have children, as young as eight years old, that volunteer here. We have many adults, many senior citizens. We pursue youth groups, corporate groups

SUPER: Kim A Ruth, Business Banking, Bank of America

(V/O) Kim Ruth: Bank of America has volunteers who come out here on a regular basis. We have a philosophy that if we live in a community, and we work in a community, we need to be involved in it and we need to give back.

Brian Greene: Serving for Success, is a job-training program for inmates from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice who otherwise would have a very difficult time finding employment.

SUPER: Jeremy, Intern, Houston Food Bank

Jeremy: I found out about the Houston Food Bank in my probation office. Just got the opportunity to hone off my cooking skills. And really got me thinking about going into some sort of food service.

Brian Greene: Bank of America has been a supporter of Houston Food Bank for many years. We were the recipient of the Neighborhood Builder’s Award which is two hundred thousand dollars. That is huge for us and we’re using them to provide so much more food in the community.

Kim Ruth: We have a matching gifts program where if I, as an employee of the bank, make a contribution up to five thousand dollars, to the Food Bank, the bank will match it dollar for dollar. The bank has given about five hundred and fifty thousand dollars to the Houston Food Bank really over the last four or five years.

Nicholas Lopez: I love my job here at the Houston Food Bank. It’s not only fun to work here, but, at the end of the day you just know that you’ve done something great.

(V/O) Brian Greene: We’ve built an infrastructure that can really take a much bigger hit on hunger than we’re doing now. But we can all address problems such as health, education, job training. Things that will make a long-term difference in people’s lives, as well as alleviate hunger in the short run.

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Djemal Burris: If you guys wanna look up, you actually have some of the moving lights that you’re gonna be seeing out there.

SUPER: WESTON KEIFER, TECHNICAL MANAGER, AT&T PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

Weston Keifer: We’re bringing a lot of high school kids in to see shows and experience what it is that we do here.

Weston Keifer: This one specifically, is called a hundred percent lanyard. Can anyone guess why?

SUPER: ANN CAROLYN WILLIAMS, EDUCATION & COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS MANAGER, AT&T PERFORMING ARTS CENTERAnn Carolyn Williams: Having this Backstage Spotlight Program here in Dallas, allows these kids to stay in Dallas. Be invested in Dallas. And not have to go to New York, not have to go to LA to be able to receive that kind of training.

KyShana Donald: It was really really interesting to actually see the dynamics behind what actually makes the show. SUPER: THANH SY, PROGRAM MEMBERThanh Sy: Here, you can be as imaginative as you want.

Ann Carolyn Williams: These kids don’t come from a really wide range of opportunity. SUPER: JAMES SMETHERS, DIRECTOR OF THEATRE ARTS, W.T. WHITE HIGH SCHOOL

James Smethers: They haven’t seen a lot of plays. They haven’t seen a lot of performance work.

Ann Carolyn Williams: When they start to learn about lights and sound, and rigging and flying.

Weston Keifer: It’s really eye-opening for a lot of them because they don’t understand that there’s a whole other aspect to theatre other then just on stage.Ann Carolyn Williams: As they finish their program, they will receive a certificate to say, the student has worked for the entire year, and, they’ve completed it. To have something like that in their portfolio or application packet, is huge.

Weston Keifer: What do you guys see wrong with this one?

Students: Too loose!

Weston Keifer: Should I check?

Students: Yes!

Ann Carolyn Williams: We’ve been able to bring them behind the scenes on a Broadway show. War Horse.

James Smethers: Suddenly it’s like their eyes are opening up and they’re seeing the world from a whole different way.

Rachel Harrah: When we come back from this program, I have kids that are starting the discussion. ‘Miss! So let’s talk about this! What was that?’ They’re pushing the class forward. And so their grades, are skyrocketing.

James Smethers: There are thousands of jobs in these fields. And we need to be teaching people how to do these things.

Josue Lozoya: I definitely want to major or minor in technical theatre. KyShana Donald: I wanna try to do a double-major now.

Thanh Sy: This is what I actually want to do to make a living.

Ann Carolyn Williams: Without Bank of America, we wouldn’t be able to really do this. The funding that their providing, and the belief that they have in this program, is irreplaceable. SUPER: LAURA WHITLEY, CONSUMER BANKING SERVICES EXECUTIVE, BANK OF AMERICA

Laura Whitley: The grants that we give to the Backstage Spotlight Program are very focused around education and jobs. Kids are gonna come out of high school into these careers. Ann Carolyn Williams: Bank of America sees the potential in this program, sees the future. Because I think it’s gonna go a long ways.

Laura Whitley: I believe that it’s a program that we can replicate with other arts organizations across the country.

Ann Carolyn Williams: As we move forward, who knows? The possibilities could be endless.

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Steve O’Brien: I read a book about Keith Richards one time, and he said that his father told him do what you love to do and the money will come, it’s good to be reminded of that you know, so people come in and “wow I can’t believe you do this for a living, this looks like so much fun.” And you know what it is, it is fun.

Steve O’Brien: We make animated films, we also make commercials heavy in digital effects and animation.

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SUPER: Travis Tohill, Senior Animator, Reel FX

Travis Tohill: My job as an animator is to essentially put the life into the characters, and it gets pretty silly sometimes, not usually meant for the world to see. It’s one of the few things in life I don’t mind working hard at.

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SUPER: Louie Jones, Senior Animator, Reel FX

Louie Jones: I moved from the west coast for the job here in Dallas, ‘cause it feels a little more special, we’re kinda doing our own thing, you know hoping that we can prove that you don’t have to be on one coast or the other to put out a quality movie.

Steve O’Brien: We moved into this building in 2005, we had 80 employees now we have 385. As we grow and we begin to make more films, Bank of America can do a calculation of how much revenue we’ll do over the life of the film and then we can borrow money against that to make our next films so it’s a very critical piece of our strategy and our business.

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SUPER: Donna Henry, CFO, Reel FX

Donna Henry: To have a studio of this size here in Dallas, Texas is just incredible. The people here, the talent is incredible and it’s just a ton of fun to work here.

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SUPER: David Parrish, Head of Production, Reel FX

David Parrish: So people said 20 years ago, you can’t make movies or animated films in Dallas, Texas, and now it’s a little different, we’ve got our first feature coming out.

[Free Birds Copyright Graphic] Steve O’Brien: If you’re passionate about what you’re doing no matter what is is, success will follow.

(Mary Jean Clark) V/O : I grew up in Houston. And Three Brothers has always been a part of birthdays and brunches.

SUPER: Mary Jean Clark, customer

Mary Jean Clark: What a great way to celebrate, finding out the gender of my first grandbaby.

SUPER: Robert Jucker, Owner, Three Brothers Bakery

Robert Jucker: Three Brothers is, a place where memories are born. My family’s been over in the bakery business for over five generations. I’m the fifth generation. So, I’m an ‘S.O.B.’; I’m a son of a brother. The Bakery was started here by my dad and his two brothers. That’s what they knew in Europe. That’s what they were taught by their family.

SUPER: Sigmund Jucker, Founder, Three Brothers Bakery

Sigmund Jucker: I was born to a baker. All my life was bakery. But 1939. September the third. The Germans came in, and took everything away from us. There’s a long story after that.

Robert Jucker: So when they got out of the Holocaust, they said “We’ll just go open a bakery.” So they came here, worked at a place, for a very very short period of time.

Sigmund Jucker: And then we found a location over here, where the bakery is right now. And we moved in in 1960.

Robert Jucker: I played here, I worked here, and I just grew up here. And, I have a great passion for keeping my family’s tradition alive. And so, Bank of America has actually been a great partner for helping us to grow. And we’ve grown so much that we opened another store just a few months ago.

SUPER: Isabel Song, Small Business Banker, Bank of America

Isabel Song: I came out to the new location and helped enroll the easy online payroll. And we uncovered a lot of banking opportunities for them.

Robert Jucker: Bank of America has actually helped us save a lot of money. The payroll, credit cards, online banking, has really benefited our business. In a bad economy, when you have somebody who’s actually making you money, that’s…you can’t ask for more than that.

SUPER: Craig Busch, Customer

Craig Busch: I don’t know, when I look in their showcase, I see things I don’t think I’ve seen anywhere else. And I want to take half of it home with me.

SUPER: Amanda Campbell, Baker, Three Brothers Bakery

Amanda Campbell: We get the chance to do, just amazing things, all the time. Every day is just a new adventure.

Isabel Song: It’s really quite an honor for me to actually, you know get to know the business and to have the opportunity to work with them.

Robert Jucker: Our plan is to grow. We plan on opening five or six more stores. And we can go almost anywhere, and know that there’s a Bank of America very close.

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BANK OF AMERICA RTP-Houston Grand Opera- As Produced Video Transcript

SUPER: Greg Roberts, Chief Advancement Officer, Houston Grand Opera

Greg Roberts: Opera is amazing because it really is a collection of all of the performing arts. It’s music. It’s theatre. It’s drama. It impacts people’s hearts and minds and souls like no other art form. It’s just incredible.

SUPER: Perryn Leech, Managing Director, Houston Grand Opera

(V/O) Perryn Leech: Houston Grand Opera is a fifty-seven year old company. Our modus operandi is to do main stage opera, at the highest possible quality.

Greg Roberts: Our mission is to impact as many people as possible through opera. To be able to have people come and experience world-class art and to take the resources of a world-class opera company into communities and help them tell their stories. In 2010, we had the crazy idea of, ‘What if we could merge the opera form with the mariachi tradition to create something that hasn’t existed before?’

SUPER: Cecilia Duarte, Singer, Houston Grand Opera

Cecilia Duarte: We finally could integrate the Hispanic community that lives in Houston.

Greg Roberts: Bank of America was one of the initial lead sponsors for the Mariachi opera. When they knew, that this was going to impact the entire city, but it would also be particularly relevant to the Hispanic community in Houston and that’s something that they believed in.

(V/O) Cecilia Duarte: Besides having an amazing season, full of the greatest operas, their outreach programs are amazing.

(V/O) Greg Roberts: We have the touring opera, specifically written for kids. We have an opera camp. And we have wonderful free performances we do at Miller Outdoor Theatre.

SUPER: Kristi Rangel, Principal, Kashmere Gardens Elementary

Kristi Rangel: The kids in my school had an excellent opportunity to participate in one of the programs. And they were able to write and perform their own opera. The experience was, was absolutely fabulous.

SUPER: Katie Flaherty, Regional Sales Manager, Bank of America

Katie Flaherty: One of the missions for Bank of America is to strengthen communities. And I think that’s how HGO’s been so successful is that they’re able to connect and be relevant to all those different parts of the community.

(V/O) Greg Roberts: Great cities have great infrastructures. And not just roads and schools. But great cultural infrastructure. And I think that Bank of America is really committed to impacting communities the way HGO is.

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BANK OF AMERICARTP -Dallas-City Square -As Produced Transcript

SUPER: Larry James, President/CRO, City Square

Larry James: The most surprising thing about hunger and poverty and homelessness in Dallas? Is that it exists in a place like this. City Square is a comprehensive human and community development corporation. It’s a non-profit organization. And that includes our public interest law firm, our community-based health care center, our housing arm, our food distribution center. We work with folks who are dealing with the issues associated with poverty.

SUPER: Christopher Oliver, Former Client

Christopher Oliver: I had worked ten years for the Dallas hockey team and when the NHL lockout came in ’04, I got laid off for the first time in my life. And I guess kind of snowballed downhill. I’m an addict at heart. And the deeper I got into it, the worse I got.

Larry James: He was homeless, and headed deeper and deeper into the abyss.

Christopher Oliver: I went to City Square, cause I was desperate.

Larry James: When Chris Oliver came to that resource center he was treated with respect. And he was valued. And in that, is the power necessary to change a life.

Christopher Oliver: City Square is very good at restoring hope in people. Giving people a little bit of hope. If you need food, you can go to the food pantry. And if you need housing, you can apply for housing.

Larry James: He just kept hanging in there and hanging in there, volunteered for a long time. And he did great community work. Christopher Oliver: Part of my recovery is, working with these people every single day.

V/O(Larry James:) We really believe that people like Chris, given opportunity and resources can solve their own problems.

SUPER: Stan Shipley, Managing Director, Bank of America

Stan Shipley: A lot of these folks, don’t have a lot of good breaks in their life. And they are doing the best they can.

V/O(Larry James:) Stan’s been on our board, from the early days. He’s been a fearless advocate for us.

Stan Shipley: When I first introduced Bank of America folks to City Square. We talked about finding the project that we could work on together.Larry James: This is the beginnings of the Opportunity Center. It’s going to be a one-stop shop for thousands of persons who are trying to improve their lives. The Opportunity Center is going to allow us to put all the services that City Square provides under one location.

V/O(Larry James:) Bank of America has been incredibly generous. Not only in terms of the funding which is very important. But also in terms of just sort of a seal of approval.

V/O(Stan Shipley:) City Square needs to be able to provide the services and education that’s gonna help get to the root causes of poverty. That’s what’s gonna make a difference in our community.

Larry James: The opposite of poverty is not wealth. The opposite of poverty is justice.

Christopher Oliver: It could be any one of us, at any time, sitting out there on the street, without any hope, and without anywhere to go. And I think all of us would want somebody to extend a helping hand.

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Super: Dr. Ray Tsai- Children’s Medical CenterV/O (Tsai): Children’s Medical Center is one of the top pediatric hospitals of the country, and so as a result we have many families who will travel many hours to come and see some of the top doctors of the country here in Dallas. We’re a not for profit hospital that treats thousands of North Texas children each year regardless of ability to pay. Children were using the emergency room for things that are better taken care of by your primary care doctor, as a result, there were lines outside the emergency room and children who had serious medical issues couldn’t see their ER doctor as quickly as possible.

Super: Gillian Breidenbach- CSR Market Manager, Bank of AmericaV/O (Breidenbach): Children’s Medical Center found locations throughout the city and they placed “My Children’s Clinics” in these communities that need the most help. It enables mom and dad to take their child into the doctor’s office, get what they need and not have to spend time in the emergency waiting room.

V/O (Tsai): My Children’s was designed to be a primary care medical home for children in their community. We provide vaccinations, screenings, well-child checks, physicals and visits from anything from runny noses to ear infections.

Parent #1: Bringing in my son today, I was much more up to bringing him for something very mild because it was so easy. To come here, to get him in, versus if I had to drive him 30 or 40 minutes to major medical centers downtown, I would’ve waited until it was more severe, so I think it creates healthier kids.

V/O (Tsai): Our goal is that you see the same doctor or nurse practitioner every time you’re here. This provides continuity of care. We believe this helps enhance the relationship between provider and the families.

Parent #2: It’s important I have the same pediatrician every time I come here so I don’t have to explain previous history. I’m not starting over, and that’s great, because then you’re trying to remember when [was the] the last time you saw them, what medication…

V/O (Tsai): Bank of America has been a tremendous supporter of Children’s Medical Center and My Children’s for many years.

Breidenbach: Not only do we lend them money and we bank many of their staff, but our associates are very very active in volunteer events. By supporting them through the business side of our world and also the philanthropic side of our world, it’s a win for everybody involved.

V/O (Tsai): We provide better primary care, we provide education to families, we help them stay healthier, and overall we make a healthier community, and without Bank of America’s support we couldn’t have done any of that.

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SUPER: Greg Garvey, Owner/Partner, Jakes Hamburgers

Greg Garvey: Jakes was birthed here in Dallas back in 1985, and my brother and I bought the brand in 2003.

Greg Garvey: My brother and I have a very special relationship, we’re both driven by having fun it translates into the concept of “burgers beers and atmosphere."

SUPER: Marty Garvey, Owner/Partner, Jakes Hamburgers

Marty Gravey: You know how it is when you’re brothers.

Marty Gravey: People look at us and go are you guys crazy? But really it’s been a great partnership, who else can you trust but you’re brother?

Greg Garvey: The original Jakes was just an old gas station.

Marty Gravey: It was a drive through counter service where you step up to the counter, they call your number.

Greg Gravey: We just decided to expand upon that.

Marty Gravey: We took it into 21st century with full bars, servers, great patios. The beef is ground fresh daily.

Greg Gravey: We have been voted best burger in Dallas numerous times. I mean it really shows that we take pride in what we do.

Marty Gravey: There is no ceiling to where we can go with this, and we are definitely growing. Greg Gravey: In order to grow we need to have a relationship with a bank.

Marty Gravey: Bank of America just stepped up to the plate and enabled us to do this restaurant built to suit so it has a neighborhood feel, it was a no brainer.

Greg Gravey: Bank of America was that bank that we were really looking for.

Marty Gravey: We are just not another account number and to me and Greg that is paramount.

Greg Gravey: We talked about what’s coming up next, what’s on the slate, you know what’s coming on down the road, what do we need to get geared up for. We have a lot of conversations like that with our banking team. And their ability to keep a pulse on what’s going on with us has allowed us to continue to grow jobs and and expand our concept. And you know every time we open up a new location it’s another 50 or 65 jobs. It’s been a win win situation.

Greg Gravey: We have people coming through our doors and leaving satisfied with a smile on their face. It lets me wake up everyday excited to go to work, so it’s a really great feeling.

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SUPER: Marty Garvey, Owner/Partner, Jakes Hamburgers

Marty Gravey: You know how it is when you’re brothers.

Marty Gravey: People look at us and go are you guys crazy? But really it’s been a great partnership, who else can you trust but you’re brother?

Greg Garvey: The original Jakes was just an old gas station.

Marty Gravey: It was a drive through counter service where you step up to the counter, they call your number.

Greg Gravey: We just decided to expand upon that.

Marty Gravey: We took it into 21st century with full bars, servers, great patios. The beef is ground fresh daily.

Greg Gravey: We have been voted best burger in Dallas numerous times. I mean it really shows that we take pride in what we do.

Marty Gravey: There is no ceiling to where we can go with this, and we are definitely growing. Greg Gravey: In order to grow we need to have a relationship with a bank.

Marty Gravey: Bank of America just stepped up to the plate and enabled us to do this restaurant built to suit so it has a neighborhood feel, it was a no brainer.

Greg Gravey: Bank of America was that bank that we were really looking for.

Marty Gravey: We are just not another account number and to me and Greg that is paramount.

Greg Gravey: We talked about what’s coming up next, what’s on the slate, you know what’s coming on down the road, what do we need to get geared up for. We have a lot of conversations like that with our banking team. And their ability to keep a pulse on what’s going on with us has allowed us to continue to grow jobs and and expand our concept. And you know every time we open up a new location it’s another 50 or 65 jobs. It’s been a win win situation.

Greg Gravey: We have people coming through our doors and leaving satisfied with a smile on their face. It lets me wake up everyday excited to go to work, so it’s a really great feeling.

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